Not too long ago I came home overencumbered from a long foraging trip and on the home stretch I ran into a coal clamp. Knowing that I was completely out of coal at that moment I didn't want to miss that chance and started collecting coal. I gained a madness level and of course this madness episode where a flame eats through your inventory and you can't touch it cause it'll ko you happened. It was the first time I had it happen to me, so naturally I touched the flame (duh) and ko'd, losing hours of foraging. I cursed this game a lot and felt like flipping a table or something, but then I just continued doing whatever it was I was doing.
These things happen and it's important that they do, because those are the kind of mistakes you really learn from.
Just man up and carry on, there's much more to get pissed about in this game, you wouldn't wanna miss it.